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(Redirected from Dentiraja lemprieri) Species of cartilaginous fish This article is about the species of skate in Australia. For other fish with similar names, see Thornback.

Thornback skate
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rajidae
Genus: Dentiraja
Species: D. lemprieri
Binomial name
Dentiraja lemprieri
(J. Richardson, 1845)

The thornback skate (Dentiraja lemprieri) is a species of skate of the family Rajidae. A bottom-dwelling fish, it is endemic to Australia, occurring in relatively shallow waters from near-shore to 170 metres. The thornback skate can grow up to 52 cm long.

The species was collected by Thomas Lempriere from Tasmanian waters and described and named in Lempriere's honour by John Richardson.

References

  1. Treloar, M.A. (2015). "Dentiraja lemprieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T161489A68619906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T161489A68619906.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, R.; Pauly, D. "Dentiraja lemprieri, Thornback skate". FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
  3. Tuffin, Richard; Vertigan, Caitlin (2020). "Shoot, Catalogue, Eat: Interacting with Nature at a Tasmanian Penal Station" (PDF). Proceedings of the Australia ICOMOS Science Heritage Symposium: Under the Microscope - Exploring Science Heritage: 14.

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Taxon identifiers
Dentiraja lemprieri


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